Thanks guys. Pat, I don’t have construction pictures but the shelves are a basic plywood box with a center rail for stability. The screws are covered up on the front by the finished maple thick veneer. I used the 3” Fastcap cabinet screws from Woodcraft and IMO they are the best cabinet screws available. They even have a new drill bit to countersink the head. The tops of the left and right shelves are not connected. The righthand shelf top has holes cut in to run wires. The mantle shelf was built a few years ago and is hanging on a French cleat. Here’s some pics.

Tim, thanks for the reply but now I’m more confused. Do you screw the frame to the wall and then add the skin over it? If went to You Tube and looked at their product video which look like great products. Its always nice to have options. Pat

Build the frame then glue a veneer over the frame to cover up the screws and the edge of the plywood (note: the bottom is also a 1/4” veneer plywood applied to a 1/2” plywood sheet). It is a snug fit and there are a couple screws going into studs on the left and right as well as the back.

Tim, this really shows me how you did it. I didn’t realize the dark shelf was separate I thought it was all assembled first and couldn’t figure how you then drove the screws into the studs. Do you put some stops on the bottom of the dark shelf so it can’t move? Many thanks for taking the extra time to explain it. Pat